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William B. Bankhead

William B. Bankhead
William Brockman Bankhead (Young).jpg
42nd Speaker of the United States
House of Representativess
In office
June 4, 1936 – September 15, 1940
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by Joseph W. Byrns, Sr.
Succeeded by Sam Rayburn
House Majority Leader
In office
1935–1936
Preceded by Joseph Byrns
Succeeded by Sam Rayburn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1933 – September 15, 1940
Preceded by Miles C. Allgood
Succeeded by Zadoc L. Weatherford
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1933
Preceded by District created
Succeeded by District eliminated
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
In office
1901
Personal details
Born William Brockman Bankhead
(1874-04-12)April 12, 1874
Lamar County, Alabama, U.S.
Died September 15, 1940(1940-09-15) (aged 66)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party Democratic
Alma mater University of Alabama
Georgetown University Law School
Profession Law

William Brockman Bankhead (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1940) was an American politician who served as the 42nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940, representing Alabama's 10th and later 7th congressional districts as a Democrat from 1917 to 1940. Bankhead was a prominent supporter of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal of pro-labor union legislation, thus clashing with most other Southern Democrats in Congress at the time. Bankhead described himself as proud to be a politician, by which he meant that he did not neglect matters that concerned his district or reelection. He was the father of Tallulah Bankhead.

Bankhead was born at the Bankhead plantation in Lamar County, Alabama. His father, John H. Bankhead, was a very active politician, who had served in the Alabama legislature, and later served as U.S. Representative and Senator. His mother was Tallulah James Brockman, granddaughter of South Carolina state Senator Thomas Patterson Brockman, and he was raised as a Methodist. Bankhead's brother, John H. Bankhead II, also served in the Senate.

William Bankhead attended the University of Alabama, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and played on the university's first football team, organized in 1892. He studied law at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, graduating in 1895.


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